Crime

ATLANTA -- Federal investigators are looking to probe the case of the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old by a Union City police officer.

The U.S. Attorney's Office and FBI want to determine whether federal laws were violated in the death of Ariston Waiters. The teen was fatally shot by Union City police officer Luther Lewis in December.

The decision to involve federal investigators was made after an impromptu meeting between U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates and Sen. Vincent D. Fort on Wednesday.

A grand jury decided not to indict Lewis last week.

Union City police officials said Lewis was justified in his actions, and that Waiters grabbed the officer's gun as he was being handcuffed. An autopsy showed Waiters died of two gunshots to the back.

Police believe Crane may still be in metro Atlanta, and that he is armed and dangerous, according to Fairburn Police spokesman Sgt. Anthony Bazydlo. He is wanted by multiple agencies in Georgia and Alabama.

During the robbery, Crane drove a green Buick LeSabre that was reported stolen in Alabama. The car was found in DeKalb County, where it had been left at the scene of a hit-and-run.

Anyone who sees Crane or knows his whereabouts is asked to call 911 or Fairburn Police at 770-964-1441.

ATLANTA -- Two metro Atlanta men have been sentenced on charges of counterfeiting DVDs and CDs in what prosecutors call one of the biggest pirating schemes in the region.

According to information presented in court, 34-year-old Charles Ndhlovu of Fairburn was sentenced to more than four years in prison on charges of copyright infringement and trafficking in counterfeit labels for the devices.

Scott Ahn, 42, of Lawrenceville was sentenced to 19 months in prison on charges that he supplied Ndhlovu with raw materials such as blank CDs and burners.

U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said the two men were involved in mass producing hundreds of thousands of counterfeit music CDs and movie DVDs in a pirating scheme that was the largest in the Southeast.

The Fulton County Police Department has partnered with the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and other government, community, public health and law enforcement partners to announce a nationwide prescription drug “Take-Back” initiative. The initiative seeks to prevent increased pill abuse and theft.

Last September, Americans turned in 242,000 pounds - 121 tons - of prescription drugs at nearly 4,100 sites operated by the DEA and more than 3,000 state and local law enforcement partners, including the Fulton County Police Department.

The Fulton County Police Department will be collecting potentially dangerous expired, unused,

and unwanted prescription drugs for destruction on Saturday, October 29, 2011 from